Narendra Singh Bundela, Joint Commissioner of Police Traffic, Delhi Police, on Tuesday released traffic advisory in wake of the Independence Day, reported news agency ANI. Bundela said that vehicles without parking or access level can’t venture near the Red Fort area. He further mentioned that “there are mainly 8 roads where cars can’t move between 4 am to 10 am on August 13 and 15.”

The roads that will be closed on the aforementioned dates are Netaji Subhash Marg from Delhi to Chata Rail, Lothian Road from Delhi GPO to Chata Rail, Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Marg from SC Sen Marg to Yamuna Bazar Chowk. Chandini Chowk road from Fountain Chowk to Red Fort will also be closed for vehicular movement.

Nishad Raj Marg from Link Road to Netaji Subhash Marg, Esplanade Road that connects link road to Netaji Subhash Marg, Ring Road from Raj Ghat to ISBT and outer ring road from ISBT to IP Flyover will also be shut.

India will celebrate its 74th Independence Day on Saturday amid the global pandemic. 

As of Tuesday, India recorded 53,601 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases in the country to 22,68,676, according to data released by the Union Health Ministry.